Haiduk

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(hīdŏŏk)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
Hai•duk  (hīdŏŏk),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. World Historyone of a class of mercenary soldiers in 16th-century Hungary.
  2. World Historyan outlaw who engaged in brigandage and irregular warfare against the Turks in the Slavic regions of the Ottoman Empire.
  3. a male servant or attendant dressed in semimilitary Hungarian costume.
Also, Heyduck, Heyduke, Heyduc, Heiduc, Heiduk. 
  • Hungarian hajdúk, plural of hajdú

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